Why does turning on 4G take so long?

[sanjsrik]

Every time try to turn on 4G manually, it takes upwards of 30 seconds from selecting the check box and attaining a signal.

Is this normal? Does it usually take this long?

[tool2269]

mine seems to take that long too. then it barely gets up to 2.0 Mbps because its 'capped' says the sprint tech

[gaudet41]

Mine takes just as long as well and I'm in Boston so its not technically up and running yet. I ran speedtest app and got 4.5 Mbps so I'm not sure about the "cap".

[tool2269]

Originally Posted by gaudet41

Mine takes just as long as well and I'm in Boston so its not technically up and running yet. I ran speedtest app and got 4.5 Mbps so I'm not sure about the "cap".

yeah the tech said it was 'capped' at those speeds for now. i barely got 3.0 in houston tx. and 2.0 here where i live in cc tx (speedtest app). i dunno, maybe its my phone.

[Adrianh85]

in dc a northern va we are capped at 3.9 but its a lot faster then 3g so im not complaing!! i want better coverage before faster speeds!!

[grad20_09]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ight=reconnect

and

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726877

helped me

[malibu_23]

im pullin 5.53 here in chicago.
and it takes that long to boot the 4g radio. about 20s then 10 more to get a signal.

[brol1k]

curious, how is the battery compared to when you have 4g on all day and 3g on all day? i can squeeze bout 11-14 hours on my evo with wifi,and 3g on, how many hours less will I have when 4g gets here?